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by Pedros
Tue May 05, 2015 6:36 am
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Topic: Primer: Mardu Midrange
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Re: Primer: Mardu Midrange

This deck is really close to what I brought to GP Krakow.
by Pedros
Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:10 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Primer: Mardu Midrange
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Ok guys I am probably crazy... however I think I found my love in this format.

Here comes... MARDU DRAGONS aka "ARDDRA". I solves it. mARDu DRAgons. ARDDRA.

Testing so far:
5-0 vs WG agro
5-0 vs BW agro (heavy black splash white humans)
3-2 vs RDW
5-0 vs Abzan agro
3-2 vs UB control.
5-0 vs Temur planeswalkers control

Played 2 pre and 3 post board games. vs red 2 times I couldnt draw 3rd land to cast anger when they overextended into my grandmaster (next turn slash and command me for 20, however if I had 3rd land I would gan ~18 life and sweep a board)

1-1 pre board, 2-1 post board vs control

Mana base needs to be tweeked (I would prefer to have 2 haven of the spirit dragon here. Deck is heavy red, with white secondary and black 3rd)

Needs to tweek maindeck and decide on sideboard (for games played thus far it looks good. Might want some plagues/4rd anger vs tokens/red? Dont know if I want 6 discard or some planeswalkers vs control to complement 4 phoenixes. And I think phoenixes are slightly better than rabblemaster here. Thoughts on that?)

[deck]4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Crackling Doom
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Read the Bones
4 Nomad Outpost
3 Temple of Triumph
1 Temple of Malice
3 Temple of Silence
4 Bloodstained Mire
3 Battlefield Forge
2 Caves of Koilos
1 Swamp
3 Mountain
1 Ultimate Price
1 Utter End
3 Soulfire Grand Master
4 Thunderbreak Regent
2 Dragonlord Kolaghan
4 Draconic Roar
2 Kolaghan's Command
2 Foul-Tongue Invocation
3 Seeker of the Way
1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon

2 Read the Bones
4 Thoughtseize
2 Duress
4 Flamewake Phoenix
3 Surge of Righteousness
[/deck]
by Pedros
Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:20 pm
Forum: Archives
Topic: Primer: Mardu Midrange
Replies: 674
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[deck]Spells:

4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Butcher of the Horde
4 Crackling Doom
2 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
4 Lightning Strike
4 Raise the Alarm
4 Seeker of the Way
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Hall of Triumph
4 Mardu Charm
2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
1 Dictate of Heliod

Lands:
3 Temple of Triumph
2 Nomad Outpost
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Swamp
2 Mountain
4 Caves of Koilos
4 Battlefield Forge
3 Temple of Silence

SB:
1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
2 Arc Lightning
1 Read the Bones
1 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
2 Magma Spray
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
3 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
2 Despise[/deck]

Sideboards not real and just a pile of cards. This deck is good because Anthems are really good in this set and the token makers are a combination of versatile and have synergy with all the cards in the deck. They protect walkers, get aggressive sorin and anthems, give value to the demon, and trigger seeker of the way.

At the GPT my friend won with his more midrangey walker heavy mardu deck but he noted that thoughtseize was terrible and he played the token pseudo mirror and felt very disadvantaged winning only to getting lucky. We toke some ideas from that deck, added hall, spear, and dictate and cut the disruption package and champion, and here we are. Deck seems very strong and with raise the alarm, the curve is MUCH better.
Looks really solid.
Small notes:
Would probably try to fit 1 purphoros for midrange/ control / devo green the sb.
Really like removal suite, token generators, planeswalker plan. I guess despises complement charm vs green devotion and midrange.
Not sure about 2 elspeths with 25 lands, you woupd need to run more lands/read the bones imo for it. Maybe only 1?
Good package vs agro, however not sure if enough vs jeskai tempo.
Also not sure with all planeswalkers of a same name. While worse, maybe ajani in place'of'sorim im sb, similar to stormbreath(or underworld cerberus) over sarkhan? Little bit scared to have guys of the same name that are quite durable.

This deck should fill the graveyard quite well, would probably consider murderous cut as a fatty removal (if utter end is not needed) and/or empty the pits as an additional potential wincon.

Deck needs 17 red (sarkhan, 18 for a 1off chandra), 12 black and 19 white (for sb brimaz and spear), 17 for dctate/elspeth.and total of 18 black/white lands for sorin.
Would also consider erebos dictate (vs midrange) and tymater (reach) if problemsvwith tose.
by Pedros
Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:48 am
Forum: Archives
Topic: Primer: Mardu Midrange
Replies: 674
Views: 223589

Seems real bad without more ways to abuse it. Synergy with rabblemaster isn't exactly good, Butcher synergy is fine, sorin synergy is actually good, but I'd want 1 or 2 more little interactions to get value from before I put outburst in my Mardu deck.
I think to mak it good this deck needs some number of Purphoros, Dictate of Heliod and spear of heliod. 2/3*1/1s for 2/3 isnt backbreaking, however 2/3*2/2 or 3/3 for 2/3 is quite good.

Also I noticed not a lot of bile blights in tournament.

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